Tableau Conference 2018 Highlights (English)

Tableau Conference 2018 Highlights

In the end of October 17,000 data rockstars from the Tableau Community gathered in New Orleans for the biggest Tableau Conference to date. Consultants and Apps for Tableau developers Merlijn Buit and Tjalling Tolle take you through the biggest Infotopics highlights of the event.

You did WHAT with the Extensions API

We are really excited to share that we where part of the ‘You did WHAT with the Extensions API’ breakout session during the biggest Tableau Conference of the year. This session included 6 demo’s of crazy hacks with the new Extensions API. We were the grand finally of the session where we showed how to build Mario in Tableau. Watch our part of the session here.

Pirate Award at TC18 Hackathon

On Monday we contested at the Hackathon. The goal of the Hackathon was to create something impactful with the APIs of Tableau. We wanted to use functions which are coming in the new release of the Extensions API but where not able to use it because it is not in beta yet. Therefore we switched to another theme we love: Games! The Hackathon was sponsored by Netflix and they where teasing us with a new season of Stranger Things, so we decided to create a Stranger Things themed game called: The Upside Down Pac-Man. The GIF on the left is an example of the game. If you are interested in playing, download the workbook below!